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Show Strikers Get j Hearing On Labor Dispute Floyd T. Atkin of Salt Lake City, member of the unemployment unemploy-ment division of the state industrial indus-trial commission, concluded a hearing Wednesday into the question ques-tion of the rights of the employees employ-ees of the Consolidated Theatre Company, who walked away from their employment on March 17 when the management of . the I Capitol and Lyric theatres refus-l ed them a "Closed Shop." J Attorney Fuller represented the strikers, who are members of local union No. 508. Attorney George Heinrich represented the theatre management In presenting the case, B. G. Thatcher showed how! the theatre management had tried in every way to meet the demands of the strikers without sacrificing their own constitutional rights. There -were others - who - testified at the hearing. Mr. Fuller seemed to feel a sense of defeat when he raised a question regarding a certain contract con-tract which he contended he knew nothing about. William Spicker charged that Fuller had the contract in his inside coat pocket. When the document was' produced from the hiding place, pegged by Mr. Spicker, hearing attendants got a good laugh. The testimony taken at the hearing will be transcribed and presented to the Industrial Commission Com-mission for a decision. The hearing hear-ing started Monday and was concluded con-cluded late . Wednesday evening This hearing was to determine if the union men are to receive state compensation during the strike period. |